Thursday, July 17
Monday, July 14
The Climatron by Walt Lockley reads more like an essay from the Journal of Ride Theory than any outside text I've ever encountered. Some excerpts...
"I don't remember being impressed with its futuriosity. I was a kid, accepting every rainforest-in-a-geodesic-dome experience as normal. [...] It's the Climatron because it's a climate-controlled... a-tron, 175 feet in diameter and 70 feet high, construction cost of $700,000."
... and oh my, do read the rest for yourself.
"I don't remember being impressed with its futuriosity. I was a kid, accepting every rainforest-in-a-geodesic-dome experience as normal. [...] It's the Climatron because it's a climate-controlled... a-tron, 175 feet in diameter and 70 feet high, construction cost of $700,000."
... and oh my, do read the rest for yourself.
Via the ever-delightful Modern Mechanix: "September 1930. Children will get endless hours of fun out of this airplane swing, run by pedal-driven propellers. Any handy man can build one out of inexpensive junked auto parts and a few lengths of pipe."
